Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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HOME ECONOMICS SENIOR We sonior girls are very srateful for having the Home Economics Course to our advantago this year. We opened the first period of the year with a food's course. This consisted of the value, preparation and serving of food. The following period was devoted to hoiwe nursing. This was to teach us the functions of the body and the cere that should be given it during health and illness of any kind. The third course, although new to us, wes very practical. We loarned how to choose tne correct houses, how to furnish them conveniently, and the art ot interior decornting. Wo finished this course feeling that wo wore ready to make a house excecdingly liveable. The next subject consisted of child care and developmente We actually experimented with children. Two girls carried on a story hour for children which proved to be very successful. The last two periods were given to sowing. In this subject we learned how to sew both ty hand ond machine. By the end of the year all had accom plished enough to make ony type of garment. Tho sonior and junior girls organized a Home Economics! Club. Socials were given to raiso monoy and with this money we purchased curtains, four chairs, a table, and a cabinet. During the Homo Furnishings Course the soniors painted tho new furnituro. The Club has also provided for social functions here at schools Part of the year's work was to do threo complete projocts. These projects wore done at home or outside of class and they gave us the practical exporience thatve needed. Ponnoll Institute has something to bo proud of when we consider this Home Economics Course and its value to tho girls. -- Norma Prince, '36. Sophomore-Junior We wish to thank tho people responsible for our Homo Economics Course hero in Fennoll. I will try to give a short summary of what we have done. For the first twolve wceoks wo had a course in sowing. Many garments wero made and note-books had to be kept, In the notebooks were many samples of different plain and fancy stitches. In the second twelve weeks ve took cooking, which has proved very suc- cessful. We served hot lunchos to the students of the school during the winter months. At the end of this course we had a Mother-and-Daughter ban- quet which was very successful and proved to our mothers that we really can cooke In these last twelve weeks we are taking personal health and hygiene. If any girl is planning to take up the profession of nursing, I om sure this course will be very helpful. In class we give demonstrations of diseases and their care, ond as in other courses, the note-books are very important. For the 18 points credit the girls must pass satisfactorily her class work ond three home projects. She chooses the three home projects with her mother's help. Many of the girls took sewing and there are many dresses worn in school today, made by the girls. Others took cooking meals, doing washing and ironing, ond packing lunch boxes. These all prove helpful, both to thomselves and to the mothers. We plan to give a public exhibit of our work ond posters. .

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MISS ORISSA FROST MISS MABEL ROBINSON PRIN. F, LAWRENCE STUART MR. EARLE RICHARDS MR. FOREST WARDWELL

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KANUAL ARTS In the foll of 1935 n new course was introduced at Pennell. lanual Arts, wider the sunervision of ir. Wardwell, wos added to the Pennell course of study, en. During the suurer of 1935 the basement of the “Agricultural Building was reucdelled into a shop suitable fcr carrying on a course in Manual Arts. The Mumual arts course includes idecnmical Drawing, as well as Wood- worki ng. It is necessary to divide the double period days assigned to Honual Arts, ifondays and Tuesdays we spent working with Nechonical Drawing. The other three days we devoted to Woodwork, The course in “echenicol Drawing is the usual beginners course, begin- ning with lettering. thon tho drawing of simple geometric figures which include hidden lines. The covrse ineivaes the drawing of a few machine parts, which wili illustrate the principle of sectioningo In Woodworking 01 cospiete note-book must be kept at all times, just as in any other study. Note book work includes the stud:y of wopds, tools, wood-finishes, and anything which the instructor finds suitable for saving. The complete study of woodwork should cover joints end their uses. In some schools, spall useloss models of every joint sre made, but we included the study of joints in small but useful articles. 1. Eook Ends Rabbit Joint 2. Letter Holder Butt Joint 3e Tower Rack Dado Joint 4, Plant Stand) 5. Txbouret ) 6. Cravat Hooz liortise and Tenon Joint 7. Foot Stool Butt Dowel Joint To illustrate the principle of certain processes, other projects were Midéle - Lap Joint made: Coat Eongor - Squering up stock cnd spokeshavinge Broom Holder = Souaring up stock, chiseling and boring. 3. etch Holder - Stip: . ng 4. Glove Box Blind prading, assenbly Whisk Broom Holder - Gouging, French finish. Of course some pupils are a little faster than others; keep them busy, oxtra projects are meds, such as: 1. Cribbage Poard Ze Vase Holder 3. Pen Tray xe Pencil ond Letter Holder Next year nevi equipment will be udded, A jointer, circular saw, und lathe vill make it possible to do cabinet work and wood turning. so, in order to ATELBTICS The Athletic Association was organized for the support of activities ot Pennell. The Association met sand decided to divide it into ao boys! athletic association ond ao girls athletic association. The boys met and electod the following officers: President, Robert Thibodeau; Treasurer, Ross “‘ilson. The girls met ond elected the following officers: President, fiarie Pousland; Secretery und Trensurer, iforgaret Sawyer.